Ha Na Jang, Hee Young Park share lead in Taiwan Championship

South Koreans Ha Na Jang and Hee Young Park each shot a 3-under 69 Friday to share the second-round lead in the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship.

Jang and Park are 6-under heading into the weekend as only 25 players in the field are even par or better after steady rain fell throughout the day.

The co-leaders each had one bogey -- Jang on the par-4 15th when she got a chip only halfway to the hole and missed a 20-footer, and Park on the par-4 16th when she drove into a bunker and came up short of the green.

Park, aiming for the third win of her career and first since the 2013 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, said she prepared in anticipation of inclement weather during the Tour's Asia swing.

"I expect a lot of rain, so I had practice -- it's about just one week -- but I had a lot of practice with the trajectory, different kind of shot from the range, which is a lot of help this week also," Park said. "So that's why I hit it a lot close today even with the wind and the rain."

Jang is one of six players with multiple wins on Tour in 2016 as she became a first-time winner at the Coates Golf Championship and then won just a month later at the HSBC Women's Champions. A win this week would allow her to join Lydia Ko and Ariya Jutanugarn as the only players with at least three wins on the year.

Jang said she has kept her game plan simple through two days at Miramar Golf & Country Club.

"Yeah, I mean, like the two-putt ... just say, 'Trust yourself,' Jang said. "'You great player. Just be patient. Middle of the green is fine. Two-putt is pretty good. Par score is pretty good.'"

Four players are one shot back of the leaders -- South Korean So Yeon Ryu (68), China's Shanshan Feng (69), South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace (70) and Canada's Brooke Henderson (71).

Ryu could become the seventh different South Korean player to win on Tour in 2016.

"You know, definitely feel proud to see like lot of Korean fellow players win lot of tournaments," Ryu said. "I want to be one of the Korean champions. Definitely (gives) me a lot of motivation."

American Paula Creamer, whose last victory came in 2014, is 2 under and tied for 10th after a second-round 74. First-round leader Japan's Sakura Yokomine shot a 75 to drop into a tie for 10th. World No. 1 Ko (73) of New Zealand is 1 under.